From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 08E581382C5 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 07:44:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 30FAAE0996; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 07:44:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from icp-osb-irony-out3.external.iinet.net.au (icp-osb-irony-out3.external.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.153]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FBCDE096F for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 07:44:52 +0000 (UTC) X-SMTP-MATCH: 0 IronPort-HdrOrdr: =?us-ascii?q?A9a23=3AfRv2O6oUUYDF6l+utQ7/GKgaV5tQL9V00z?= =?us-ascii?q?AX/kB9WHVpW+afkN2jm+le6AT9jywfVGpltdeLPqSBRn20z/FIyKMWOqqvWx?= =?us-ascii?q?SjhXuwIOhZgbfK7h/BP2nF9uBb3bp9aKQWMrbNJHVzkMqS2meFOvktzNSN+K?= =?us-ascii?q?qrwcfypk0dKD1CRLpn625CajqzN01tWU17AoAkH4CX/cpNq1ObCBAqR+G6HG?= =?us-ascii?q?RAY+/Yu9bQnonnahJDPhg89WC1/FSVwZrbNzTd4RsESTNIxt4ZnFTttwDi/K?= =?us-ascii?q?2sv7Wa53bnphXuxq9bktfg1ddPbfbk4qIoAw7hkwO5ILlmMofy3wwdmv2l61?= =?us-ascii?q?ohjbD30nUdFvl0gkmxQkiF5RHs1mDboU4Twk6nxV/wuwqZneXJACk3Gtcpv/?= =?us-ascii?q?MhTjLpr1AvrdAluZg7uV6kiw=3D=3D?= X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2CCBgCeYW1g/wxt69xaGgEBAQEBAQE?= =?us-ascii?q?BAQEDAQEBARIBAQEBAgIBAQEBQAmBSQIBgx9WAQEBhSqJBIcGAQEBAQEBBoE?= =?us-ascii?q?QLQM5AYNyhhKQP4FoCwEBAQEBAQEBAQkFAhEQDAQBAYEXgzkCgXgmOQUNAhE?= =?us-ascii?q?BAQEFAQEBAQEGAwGBBIVQDUMBAQQHAYV0AQUjDwEjMwsYAgIRFQICVxMIAQG?= =?us-ascii?q?CbQGCYSUQrFqBMoEBhFiEfAaBDyoBjUxDfYEOgRMnD4JsPoJgAgOBFiUBAQh?= =?us-ascii?q?XDoJKgmAEgkA4BFksVwEEVIEVAp5NnCuDFYljkw0FBwQflCMIkEagf5dogTI?= =?us-ascii?q?6YYEaTR8Zgj1oTxkOlyOFUjQBAQFnAgYBCQEBAwmDSxCJNgEB?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2CCBgCeYW1g/wxt69xaGgEBAQEBAQEBAQEDAQEBARIBA?= =?us-ascii?q?QEBAgIBAQEBQAmBSQIBgx9WAQEBhSqJBIcGAQEBAQEBBoEQLQM5AYNyhhKQP?= =?us-ascii?q?4FoCwEBAQEBAQEBAQkFAhEQDAQBAYEXgzkCgXgmOQUNAhEBAQEFAQEBAQEGA?= =?us-ascii?q?wGBBIVQDUMBAQQHAYV0AQUjDwEjMwsYAgIRFQICVxMIAQGCbQGCYSUQrFqBM?= =?us-ascii?q?oEBhFiEfAaBDyoBjUxDfYEOgRMnD4JsPoJgAgOBFiUBAQhXDoJKgmAEgkA4B?= =?us-ascii?q?FksVwEEVIEVAp5NnCuDFYljkw0FBwQflCMIkEagf5dogTI6YYEaTR8Zgj1oT?= =?us-ascii?q?xkOlyOFUjQBAQFnAgYBCQEBAwmDSxCJNgEB?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.82,201,1613404800"; d="scan'208";a="322021400" Received: from 220-235-109-12.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO mail.infra.localdomain) ([220.235.109.12]) by icp-osb-irony-out3.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 07 Apr 2021 15:44:50 +0800 Received: from localhost (mail.infra.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.infra.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7052627C44 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 15:44:50 +0800 (AWST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from mail.infra.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.infra.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id CxXTjpQB9Sx0 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 15:44:45 +0800 (AWST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Looking for other Seamonkey users To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <2c5ea74d-d104-67d1-cfc2-5336b26a8f00@gmail.com> <606C8B2B.9050809@youngman.org.uk> <1f8b27a7-68cc-4286-4fb6-ed2688d7825f@gmail.com> <4773d3e7-581a-b1dd-ba7c-dfd8a25ab1d0@youngman.org.uk> <75574ff9-fc62-6eae-c77b-e14572e83e75@gmail.com> <20210407083641.1858e39b@digimed.co.uk> From: William Kenworthy Message-ID: <93e11699-06cd-af4f-bb28-3a63e84dfed7@iinet.net.au> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 15:44:44 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.9.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210407083641.1858e39b@digimed.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-AU X-Archives-Salt: 99cd8df9-d9d9-41cf-95ef-2de84b3daaa4 X-Archives-Hash: 99b3fe09326cc1a643e612c604fb4729 On 7/4/21 3:36 pm, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 23:41:50 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> I've done some research.  It seems Dovecot is what I need.  It uses mbox >> and has some features I might need one day already where Courier doesn't >> but there isn't much difference really.  If anyone is curious, the >> comparison is here. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_mail_servers >> >> The biggest thing, mbox.  If I recall correctly that is what Seamonkey >> uses and I should be able to import those easy enough.  > You are better off with maildir, mbox is far more susceptible to date > loss through file damage. There is a script to convert an mbox file to > maildir, but you should also be able to just set up a new account in > Seamonkey using the local server and copy all your mails across. The > server will then take care of everything. > > seconded.  I use courier and maildir.  MUCH more reliable and less chance of losing mail - there was a I time when I used mbox - no longer the case ... speaking from personal experience ... after losing mail :) BillK